General Motors sees a future where people navigate crowded cities in big Segways that look kinda like a Dyson vacuum cleaner and can drive you home when you’ve had one too many. Seriously. The General unveiled a trio of electric “urban mobility vehicles,” built with help from the über-geeks at Segway, today in Shanghai. They’re [...]
Archive for March, 2010
Segway-esque Pod Cars Zip Around China
Thursday, March 25th, 2010Great relationship with screens = bad relationship with people?
Wednesday, March 24th, 2010With all the technological advances, it’s pretty common nowadays to see teenagers spending hours in front of the t.v. or computer. According to a report in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine journal, teens who spend more time in front of screens have poorer relationships with their parents and peers. Overall, the more time [...]
What’s in a name? A jail sentence perhaps?
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010A few weeks ago, some kids in New Jersey were removed from their home by Child Protective Services because their parents named them after Nazis. When the story got out, their dad told reporters that he didn’t think there was anything wrong with naming a kid Adolf Hitler Campbell. The media coverage around this story [...]